
CamEO (Cam and Ely Ouse) is a partnership initiative hosted by the Rivers Trust and supported by the Environment Agency.
The aim of this site is to provide a portal for sharing information about the Cam and Ely Ouse Catchment, to set out our catchment plan and to let you know how to get involved.
News
- Independent Water Commission publishes interim findingsInterim report sets out scale of change needed to reform water sector
- Quintessentially English – Repairing Our Chalk StreamsThe Wildlife Trust’s report from April 2025 on how to repair our chalk streams. Quintessentially English – Repairing our chalk streams.pdf
- Kicking off collaborative river catchment planning in Thetford!This week, we ran an event at Thetford Guildhall focused on the Little Ouse and Thet river catchment — bringing together 14 stakeholders with a common interest in the future of our rivers. We used a Shared Objective ExerciseContinue reading “Kicking off collaborative river catchment planning in Thetford!”

Who we are
The CamEO Partnership is a collective group of organisations working together to improve the rivers and surrounding land across parts of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (Cam and Ely Ouse river catchment).

Our Catchment
Our catchment encompasses Cambridge, Ely, Bury St Edmunds, and Thetford. The catchment is split into five sub-catchments: Cam, Lark, Little Ouse & Thet, South Level, and Wissey. Within these five sub-catchments there are 73 waterbodies, only seven of which are currently achieving Good water quality.

Activities
Want to know more about what’s going on? Here are more details.